Friedrich Miescher Institute for biomedical research

The Friedrich Miescher Institute is devoted to fundamental biomedical research aimed at understanding the basic molecular mechanisms of health and disease; communicating and patenting findings to enable their translation into medical application.

The FMI focuses on the fields of Epigenetics, Mechanisms of Cancer, Neurobiology. In these fields, the FMI has gained international recognition as a center of excellence in innovative biomedical research.